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Patented July 15, 1890.

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` UNITED STATES (PATENT OFFICE.

ALVIN TAPLIN, OF FORSTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,339, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed February 3, 1890. Serial No. 340,305. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALVIN TAPLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Forestville, in the county of I-Iartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lamps of the class having a central draft-tube; and the main object of my improvement is to facilitate the operation of wicking and rewicking the lamp.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a central vertical section, partly in elevation, of a central-draft lamp with my wick-carrier attached. Fig. 2 is a detached view of a portion thereof with the wick-carrier in its lowermost position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same on line .fc of Fig. l, the parts being in the same position as in Fig. I.

.The lamp-fount A, the central draft-tube B, the surrounding burner C, and the tubular wick D are of an ordinary construction for this class of lamps.

6 designates the wick-carrier, which is a curved clasp provided, if desired, with suitable prongs or spurs '7 for penetrating the wick. It is provided with a shank 8, that extends laterally to one side,where it is rigidly connected with the lower end of the liftinghandle 9, preferably by being bent around said handle, as shown, whereby shoulders l() 10 are formed at the junction of the shank 8 and handle 9 on that side of the handle which faces the wick. I also provide the shank of the wick-raiserwith a cam 1l at a point near the clasp portion of the wick-carrier 6, the upper end of said cam being inclined, while its lower end is substantially straight, as shown.

To the bottom of the lamp-fount A, at one.

side, I attach the base of the spring 12, said spring being slotted vertically', as shown, to permit of the passage of the shank 8 of the wick-carrierbetween the two members of said spring. The extreme upper end of the spring 12 is preferably curved outwardly a little, from which point it extends downwardly substantially parallel to the central draft-tube to a point near the bottom of the cup, where it is inclined outwardly to its base, as shown. Theheel of the spring is also turned upwardly to form a cam I3, which lies immediately underneath the lower end of the lifting-handle and the shoulders lO l0.

In order to place a wick in the lamp, the handle 9 is depressed until. the shoulders 10 10 come in contact with the cam 13 and the cam ll falls to a point below the outwardlyinclined bend of the spring l2, so as to permit of an outward movement of the wickcarrier 6 as the shoulders l0 are pressed down upon the cam 13, thereby withdrawing the wick-carrier G from the central draft-tube B sufficiently to leave roomfor the passage of the Wick between said wick-carrier and tube. The burner C is removed and the wick D slipped upon the central draft tube and dropped down to the bottom of the lamp-cup, as shown in Fig. 2. The handle 9 is then lifted,l when theupper inclined ends of the cam l1 will strike the inside of the inclined portion near the lower end of the spring 12, and thereby force the wick-carrier 6 against the wick with all the force of said spring, so that by the time the straight portion of the cam 1l is opposite the straight portion of the spring 12 the wick-carrier is compressing the wick between it and the central draft-tube with sufficient force to carry the wick with said carrier as it is raised or lowered, as shown. in Figs. I and 8. The upper end of the wickcarrier handle 9 is projected through an oritice in the upper part of the lamp, whereby the burner C may be wholly detached when a wick is being placed in position within the lamp. For rewicking the lamp, it is only necessary to again depress the lifting-handle 9 to carry the wick-carrier into the position represented in Fig. 2, when the old wick can be removed and a new one inserted in the manner before described, and all by a very simple and convenient operation.

I claim as my inventionl. In a lamp having a central draft-tube and tubular wick, the combination of the vertically-moving wick-carrier having a handle, and the spring l2, xedly secured to the bottom of the lamp-cup and arranged parallel to carrier having the shank S, cam 11, and shoulders l() 10, the handle 9, secured t0 said shank, the spring 12, having the inclined I5 bend near its lower end, and the cam 13, against which the shoulders 10 10 act, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

ALVIN TAPLIN.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. PORTER, ISAAC W. BEACH. 

